Community and Belonging

The Schieffer Committee for Community and Belonging is charged with the following duties:

• To engage in discussion regarding what connection and belonging mean and manifest for the Schieffer College.
• To create a culture of belonging among students, faculty, and staff across the college.
• To celebrate diversity of thought, perspectives and lived experiences.
• To highlight research that intersects with concepts of belonging and community and explores underserved and marginalized populations.
• To promote conversations across the college that amplify unique lived experiences of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and industry professionals.
• To encourage efforts to mentor and support students outside of predominant power circles.

Join the Committee!

The committee is accepting applications for three student representatives: two undergraduates and one graduate student. They will be selected by the committee to serve a two-semester term, that starts in fall 2026 and concludes in spring 2027. Members will be expected to attend monthly one-hour meetings during the fall and spring semesters. Total time commitment is about 10 hours per semester, including the meetings.

Students committee members will represent their Schieffer peers and help with programming that celebrates wide-ranging perspectives and lived experiences, create and sustain a climate of community and belonging in the College of Communication, and encourage efforts to mentor and support students outside of predominant power circles.

Student representative application

Committee Members

Committee members Julie O’Neil, Ashley English, Cassie Hayes, Josie Boumis, Janice McCall and Duke Greenhill